There are three new trustees of the Sugar House Community
Council. The new members were approved during the March 1 meeting. All three
members are from the Nibley Park area near or on Simpson Avenue.

“I’ve been on the community council for close to eight years
and we’ve never had representation from Nibley (Park),” said Trustee Sally
Barraclough in introducing the new trustees. “This is going to be really
terrific.”

New Trustee Dayna McKee has lived in her home off Green
Street and Simpson Avenue for the past 13 years. McKee referenced the announcement
of a homeless shelter being built on Simpson Avenue as being the reason she
wanted to get involved in her community. The site plans have since been
removed.

“I was able to make really good friends with my neighbors
through that and we’ve really been building a sense of community,” McKee said.
“I think we have some skills that hopefully we can contribute to the council
and use those skills to help the entire neighborhood in whatever way is
possible.”

One of the other new trustees was Shane Stroud who has lived
in the neighborhood for a little over a year. Stroud said he also believed
people have only gotten involved in the neighborhood after the homeless shelter
was announced.

“But one of the greatest benefits of that was to come to one
of these meetings and see how involved everyone is,” Stroud said. “That’s really
inspiring and that’s why I wanted to join the council. I think I have great
neighbors and I think I want to be involved a little bit more.”

The third of the new trustees was Chris Sveiven who has
lived in Sugar House for the past two years, both on Main Street and Simpson
Avenue.

“I’m fairly new to Utah but I absolutely love Sugar House. I
feel we have a good team in our neighborhood,” Sveiven said. “It’s not really
neighbors but friends and neighbors. I’m really looking to get involved and
stay involved.”

Svieven said with all the “craziness” that happened
regarding the announced homeless shelter in Sugar House, he felt it was important
for the neighborhood to have some representation.

“I’m excited and I’m really excited to take a more active
role in the community in this great Sugar House area,” Svieven said.

Each of the new trustees will serve until April 2020 when
their term expires. They can either